What good are positive emotions in crises? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001

Barbara L FredricksonDepartment of Psychology and Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1109, USAJ Pers Soc Psychol 84:365-76. 2003

The role of positive emotions in positive psychology. The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions

B L FredricksonDepartment of Psychology and Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 525 East University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1109, USAAm Psychol 56:218-26. 2001

..This chapter reviews the latest empirical evidence supporting the broaden-and-build theory and draws out implications the theory holds for optimizing health and well-being...

What good are positive emotions in crises? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001

Barbara L FredricksonDepartment of Psychology and Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1109, USAJ Pers Soc Psychol 84:365-76. 2003

..Findings suggest that positive emotions in the aftermath of crises buffer resilient people against depression and fuel thriving, consistent with the broaden-and-build theory. Discussion touches on implications for coping...

The role of positive emotions in positive psychology. The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions

B L FredricksonDepartment of Psychology and Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 525 East University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1109, USAAm Psychol 56:218-26. 2001

..The theory and findings suggest that the capacity to experience positive emotions may be a fundamental human strength central to the study of human flourishing...

..Across conditions, progesterone increase one week later predicted the willingness to sacrifice for the partner. These results are discussed in terms of the links between social contact, stress, and health...

..These findings suggest that progesterone is released from the adrenal along with cortisol in humans, due to general adrenal activation and/or possibly as an additional negative feedback mechanism to down-regulate the stress response...

The neural correlates of trait resilience when anticipating and recovering from threat

..Discussion centers on possible mechanisms for this reduction of the own-race bias, including improvements in holistic processing and promotion of a common in-group identity due to positive emotions...

Brain mediators of cardiovascular responses to social threat: part I: Reciprocal dorsal and ventral sub-regions of the medial prefrontal cortex and heart-rate reactivity

..These results are consistent with findings on seasonal affective disorder, and suggest that pleasant weather improves mood and broadens cognition in the spring because people have been deprived of such weather during the winter...